Rig Veda 9.9.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.9

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रप्र क्षयाय पन्यसे जनाय जुष्टो अद्रुहे । वीत्यर्ष चनिष्ठया ॥

Transliteration

práprá kṣáyāya pányase jánāya júṣṭo adrúhe | vītī́ arṣa cániṣṭhayā ||

Translation

Forward, forward flow for the abiding home, for the people worthy of the wonder—welcomed by the undeceiving. Run to the feast of offering with your most victorious current.

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Word by Word

• प्रप्र: forth, forward (intensifying: ‘right forth’)
• प्रप्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + प्र (उपसर्ग-द्वय) / प्र (अव्यय)

• क्षयाय: for (one’s) dwelling/abode
• क्षयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, abode’)

• पन्यसे: to/for the admirable (one/thing)
• पन्यसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्/पण्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘admirable, worthy of praise’)

• जनाय: for the people
• जनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक ‘people, man’)

• जुष्टः: pleased, gladly accepting
• जुष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: जुष् (धातु ‘to enjoy, be pleased’) → क्त (PPP) ‘जुष्ट’

• अद्रुहे: to/for the non-hostile (one), harmless
• अद्रुहे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुह् (धातु ‘to harm, be hostile’) + अ- (निषेध) → ‘अद्रुह्’

• वीत्यर्ष: flow forth / rush widely
• वीत्यर्ष: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/अर्ष् (धातु ‘to move/flow, rush’) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

• चनिष्ठया: with the most (pleasing) [power/quality]
• चनिष्ठया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (instrumental of a quality) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: चनिष्ठा (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘most pleasing/most desired’, superlative formation)